Artificial birth control was officially banned by the Catholic Church in 1930, in Pope Pius XI’s Casti Connubii, a statement on marriage and sexuality. In 1968, Pope Paul VI reaffirmed this ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Bradenton officials are asking residents to conserve water over the next 24 to 48 hours as the area recovers from Helene. Officials said the storm surge has placed a ...

The Bradenton man stormed the U.S. Capitol with a group of Proud Boys from Southwest Florida, prosecutors say.

BRUSSELS — Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Friday told the Pope that the Catholic Church needs to do more to make amends for decades of clerical sexual abuse against children. “Today, ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s prime minister blasted Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s horrific legacy of clerical sex abuse and cover-ups, demanding “concrete steps” to come clean with ...

Pope Francis has met with 17 survivors of clergy sexual abuse in Belgium BRUSSELS -- On a brutal day for the frail and aging Pope Francis, the king of Belgium, its prime minister and the rector of ...

Previous reporting: Florida emerges as a cradle of the insurrection as Jan. 6 Capitol riot arrests keep piling up Keep reading: Bradenton man sentenced for assaulting law enforcement during Jan. 6 ...

Previous reporting: Florida emerges as a cradle of the insurrection as Jan. 6 Capitol riot arrests keep piling up Keep reading: Bradenton man sentenced for assaulting law enforcement during Jan. 6 ...

Two Florida Proud Boys have pleaded guilty to felony charges for their actions during the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. On September 26, Tom Vournas, 63, of Bradenton ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root out the “scourge” of clerical sexual abuse after Belgium’s prime minster urged him in unusually frank terms to take concrete action. Francis was addressing ...